I have tried to grow a few willows over the past few years but all have died, either from dehydration or more commonly, a fungal disease. It always seems to start from the base of the trunk so i can just lop off the infected area's. It starts off as a slightly discolored patch and then the bark begins to peel away. My current weeping willow now also has this disease, any idea what it is called and any way i can treat it? Please help, i dont want to loose another willow this way.
John
Weeping willow fungal infection
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Re: Weeping willow fungal infection
Can you post a pic?
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Re: Weeping willow fungal infection
ok here are a few shots, i gave the tree a trim in hope that i can at least save a few cuttings off it
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Re: Weeping willow fungal infection
I did suspect it could just be old fashioned die back and from the pictures that is what it looks like to me. Dehydration is a big cause of this. Willows are not an easy tree to keep in tip top shape and when they are not 100% happy they will die of in sections.
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Re: Weeping willow fungal infection
it did dry out ince a few weeks back so possibly that set it off. Will it recover? I think i should keep any willows i decide to grow sitting in water to prevent this again
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Re: Weeping willow fungal infection
From the shoots showing at the moment I would say yes it will survive but it may not be the tree it was with what is left alive.
Even better than keeping them in a dish of water is to have them constantly watered with a gravity fed contraption.
Willows root very easy from large cuttings. If you are keen to persist with them I would go and grab a new cutting. Stick it in a bucket of water until it has roots then plant out.
Give them HEAPS of water and HEAPS of fertiliser and you should get better results.
Good luck
Even better than keeping them in a dish of water is to have them constantly watered with a gravity fed contraption.
Willows root very easy from large cuttings. If you are keen to persist with them I would go and grab a new cutting. Stick it in a bucket of water until it has roots then plant out.
Give them HEAPS of water and HEAPS of fertiliser and you should get better results.
Good luck
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Re: Weeping willow fungal infection
Cheers, i took a few cuttings from it and will go out and grab a few larger ones of a large tree in a week or so. Would a inverted water bottle in the pot be a good way to water them?
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John,
I have a paperbark constantly underwater in another dish.
I have a paperbark constantly underwater in another dish.
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Re: Weeping willow fungal infection
Hey Hornet, The water bottle might work for your smaller trees but why not go bigger 
This is something like I am saying.
viewtopic.php?f=102&t=1298&p=12470&hilit=willow#p12470
I believe the constant water works better than a dish of water as it keeps the roots growing at the base of the tree and not out of the pot.
This is something like I am saying.
viewtopic.php?f=102&t=1298&p=12470&hilit=willow#p12470
I believe the constant water works better than a dish of water as it keeps the roots growing at the base of the tree and not out of the pot.
It's too bad your in such a hurry cause the stories I could tell you, Bushels and baskets of stories, hole crates full of stories. But if you can spare a moment I will tell you one story.
